Bible Dictionaries
Jorah
Holman Bible Dictionary
(joh' ruh) Personal name meaning, “early or autumn rain.” Group leader of Babylonian exiles returning to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel about 537 B.C. (Ezra 2:18 ). The parallel list (Nehemiah 7:24 ) has Hariph instead of Jorah (compare Nehemiah 10:19 ). Many interpreters believe Hariph to be the original reading, though it is difficult to explain the change. See Hariph .
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Jorah'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/j/jorah.html. 1991.